The Physical Life Of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother

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Author

Napheys, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1876

Title

The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother

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Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Marcia Brooks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

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English

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RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Women -- Health and hygiene

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Text

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24001

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24001

Release Date

December 24, 2007

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN: ADVICE TO THE MAIDEN, WIFE AND MOTHER.
2. 2.PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. — SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK. — the Physical Life of Woman: advice to the MAIDEN, WIFE AND MOTHER. — by
3. 3.GEORGE H. NAPHEYS, A. M., M. D. — “Je veux qu'une femme ait des clartes de tout.”— Molière . — WITH THE FINAL CORRECTIONS OF THE AUTHOR, AND A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. — PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET. 1889.
4. 4.EDITOR'S PREFACE.
5. 5.PREFACE TO THE SECOND STEREOTYPE EDITION.
6. 6.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
7. 7.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE HENRY NAPHEYS, M.D.
8. 8.CONTENTS. — THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN. — KNOWLEDGE IS SAFETY. — THE DISTINCTION OF THE SEXES. — PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES AND OF NEITHER SEX. — THE SPHERE OF WOMAN.
9. 9.THE MAIDEN. — PUBERTY. — WHAT IS THE AGE OF PUBERTY? — WHAT HASTENS AND WHAT RETARDS PUBERTY? — THE CHANGES IT WORKS. — MENTAL CHANGES. — THE COMPLETION OF PUBERTY. — THE DANGERS OF PUBERTY. — GREEN SICKNESS. — HYSTERICS. — SECRET BAD HABITS. — THE HYGIENE OF PUBERTY. — PRECAUTIONS DURING THE MONTHLY CHANGES. — PRECAUTIONS IN THE INTERVALS OF THE MONTHLY CHANGES. — WHEN THE CHANGES ARE DELAYED. — WHEN THE CHANGES ARE PAINFUL. — THE AGE OF NUBILITY.
10. 10.LOVE. — ITS POWER ON HUMANITY. — WHAT IS LOVE? — LOVE IS A NECESSITY. — LOVE IS ETERNAL. — OF SECOND MARRIAGES. — OF DIVORCE. — OF A PLURALITY OF WIVES OR HUSBANDS. — COURTSHIP. — LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. — HOW TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND. — SHALL COUSINS MARRY? — THE MIXTURE OF RACES. — SHOULD NATIVE WOMEN MARRY FOREIGNERS? — THE AGE OF THE HUSBAND. — WHAT SHOULD BE HIS TEMPERAMENT? — THE MORAL AND MENTAL CHARACTER. — THE SYMBOLISM OF THE HUMAN BODY. — THE ENGAGEMENT. — CONCERNING LONG ENGAGEMENTS. — THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO MARRY. — THE RIGHT TIME IN THE MONTH TO MARRY. — THE WEDDING TOUR.
11. 11.THE WIFE. — THE WEDDING NIGHT. — SHALL HUSBAND AND WIFE OCCUPY THE SAME ROOM AND BED? — WHAT KIND OF BED IS MOST HEALTHFUL? — THE DIGNITY AND PROPRIETY OF THE SEXUAL INSTINCT. — ON THE INDULGENCE AND THE RESTRAINT OF SEXUAL DESIRE. — TIMES WHEN MARITAL RELATIONS SHOULD BE SUSPENDED. — CONDITIONS WHEN MARITAL RELATIONS ARE PAINFUL. — STERILITY. — ADVICE TO WIVES WHO DESIRE TO HAVE CHILDREN. — ON THE LIMITATION OF OFFSPRING. — THE CRIME OF ABORTION. — NATURE OF CONCEPTION. — SIGNS OF FRUITFUL CONJUNCTION. — HOW TO RETAIN THE AFFECTIONS OF A HUSBAND.
12. 12.INHERITANCE. — BEAUTY. — NECK AND LIMBS. — COMPLEXION. — PHYSICAL QUALITIES TRANSMITTED BY EACH PARENT. — HAIR. — TEMPERAMENT. — FERTILITY. — LONGEVITY. — DEFORMITIES. — PERSONAL PECULIARITIES. — HOW TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. — INHERITANCE OF TALENT AND GENIUS. — INFLUENCE OF FATHERS OVER DAUGHTERS; OF MOTHERS OVER SONS. — INFLUENCE Of EDUCATION OVER INHERITED QUALITIES. — TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE. — ARE MUTILATIONS INHERITABLE? — LATE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF INHERITANCE. — HOW TO AVOID THE TENDENCY OF INHERITANCE. — WHY ARE WOMEN REDUNDANT? — CAN THE SEXES BE PRODUCED AT WILL? — TWIN-BEARING. — WHY ARE TWINS BORN? — INFLUENCE OF TWIN-BEARING ON SIZE OF FAMILIES. — MORE THAN TWO CHILDREN AT A BIRTH. — THREE AT A BIRTH. — FOUR AT A BIRTH. — FIVE AT A BIRTH. — INCREDIBLE NUMBERS.
13. 13.PREGNANCY — VENERATION FOR THE PREGNANT. — SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PREGNANCY. — MISCARRIAGE. — MOTHER'S MARKS. — EDUCATION OF THE CHILD IN THE WOMB. — CAN A WOMAN BECOME AGAIN PREGNANT DURING PREGNANCY? — MORAL ASPECTS OF THIS QUESTION. — CAN A CHILD CRY IN THE WOMB? — IS IT A SON OR DAUGHTER? — ARE THERE TWINS PRESENT? — LENGTH OF PREGNANCY. — CAUSES OF PROTRACTED PREGNANCY. — HOW TO CALCULATE THE TIME OF EXPECTED LABOR. — CARE OF HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY. — FOOD. — CLOTHING. — EXERCISE. — BATHING. — VENTILATION. — SLEEP. — THE MIND. — RELATION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE DURING PREGNANCY. — EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON HEALTH.
14. 14.CONFINEMENT. — PREPARATIONS FOR CHILDBIRTH. — SIGNS OF APPROACHING LABOR. — THE SYMPTOMS OF ACTUAL LABOR — CAUSE OF LABOR. — CARE DURING LABOR. — HINTS TO ATTENDANTS. — ATTENTION TO THE MOTHER. — ATTENTION TO THE CHILD. — FURTHER ATTENTION TO THE MOTHER. — TO HAVE LABOR WITHOUT PAIN. — MORTALITY OF CHILDBED. — WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF NEW-BORN CHILDREN — DURATION OF LABOR. — STILL-BIRTHS. — IMPRUDENCE AFTER CHILDBIRTH. — TO PRESERVE THE FORM AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
15. 15.THE MOTHER. — MATERNAL DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES. — NURSING. — HINDRANCES TO NURSING, AND WHEN IT IS IMPROPER. — RULES FOR NURSING. — INFLUENCE OF DIET ON THE MOTHER'S MILK. — INFLUENCE OF PREGNANCY ON THE MILK. — INFLUENCE OF THE MOTHER'S MIND OVER THE NURSING CHILD. — POSITION OF THE MOTHER WHILE NURSING. — QUANTITY OF MILK REQUIRED BY THE INFANT. — THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD NURSING MOTHER — OVER-ABUNDANCE OF MILK. — SCANTINESS OF MILK. — WET-NURSING BY VIRGINS, AGED WOMEN, AND MEN. — RULES FOR CARE OF HEALTH WHILE NURSING. — RELATIONS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE DURING NURSING. — SIGNS OF OVER-NURSING. — DIRECTIONS FOR MOTHERS WHO CANNOT NURSE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. — HOW TO SELECT A WET-NURSE.
16. 16.THE CHILD. — THE CARE OF INFANCY. — CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY. — BRINGING UP BY HAND. — WEANING. — TEETHING. — APPEARANCE OF THE PERMANENT TEETH. — VACCINATION. — RE-VACCINATION. — GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. — THE FOOD OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. — THE POSITION OF THE CHILD WHEN FED. — CONCERNING SLEEP IN EARLY LIFE. — THE CLOTHING OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. — THE BATHING OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. — AIR AND VENTILATION IN CHILDHOOD. — EXERCISE IN CHILDHOOD. — LEARNING TO WALK. — ADVANTAGES OF GAMES AND PLAYS. — IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING CHILDREN HYGIENIC HABITS. — ON THE TRAINING OF THE SPECIAL SENSES. — THE TRAINING OF THE SENSE OF SIGHT. — TO PREVENT NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS. — THE EDUCATION OF THE SENSE OF HEARING.
17. 17.HOME MANAGEMENT OF SOME COMMON DISEASES OF CHILDREN. — CROUP. — HEAD COLDS. — FITS. — NOSE-BLEED. — WORMS. — BED-WETTING. — LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS. — INDIGESTION. — HINTS ON HOME GOVERNMENT. — IS THE RACE DEGENERATING?
18. 18.HEALTH IN MARRIAGE. — THE PERILS OF MATERNITY. — DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. — MORNING SICKNESS. — VARICOSE VEINS. — PILES. — DIARRHŒA. — CONSTIPATION. — COUGH. — WAKEFULNESS. — DISEASES OF CHILDBED. — PUERPERAL MANIA. — THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION. — WHITE-FLOWING. — MILK-LEG. — INWARD WEAKNESS. — CAUSES WHICH ARE AVOIDABLE. — OTHER CAUSES OF INWARD WEAKNESS. — TIGHT LACING. — THE HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF INWARD WEAKNESS. — INJECTIONS AND IRRIGATIONS — GATHERED BREASTS.
19. 19.THE SINGLE LIFE.
20. 20.THE CHANGE OF LIFE. — SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. — EFFECTS ON THE CHARACTER. — THOSE WHO SUFFER MOST. — DISEASES AND DISCOMFORTS. — PRECAUTIONS AND REMEDIES.
21. 21.NOTES.
22. 22.INDEX.
23. 23.PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN — AND ITS AUTHOR. — FROM WILLIAM A. HAMMOND, M.D., — FROM REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. — FROM REV. HORACE BUSHNELL, D.D. — FROM HARVEY L. BYRD, M.D., — EXTRACT FROM LETTER RECEIVED FROM EDWIN M. SNOW, M.D., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. — FROM REV. GEORGE ALEX. CROOKE, D.D., D.C.L. — OPINION OF LLOYD P. SMITH, Esq. — OPINION OF S. W. BUTLER, M.D. — EXTRACT FROM LETTER RECEIVED FROM JOHN H. GRISCOM, M.D. — FROM THE NATIONAL BAPTIST, PHILA., DEC. 30, 1869 — OPINION OF MRS. R. B. GLEASON, M.D. — FROM PROFESSOR JOHN S. HART, LL.D. — OPINION OF MARK HOPKINS, D.D., LL.D., — FROM THE N. Y. EVANGELIST, NOV. 18, 1869. — OPINION OF DR. R. SHELTON MACKENZIE. — LETTER RECEIVED FROM REV. GEO. BRINGHURST, — FROM H. N. EASTMAN, M.D., — EDITORIAL FROM PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER. — FROM THE NASHVILLE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY FOR NOVEMBER, 1869. — FROM THE MEDICAL RECORD, NEW YORK, JAN. 15, 1870. — FROM THE NEW YORK MEDICAL GAZETTE, JAN. 8, 1870. — FROM THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, NOV. 25, 1869. — FROM THE CHICAGO MEDICAL EXAMINER OF NOV. 1869. — FROM THE METHODIST HOME JOURNAL, DEC. 4, 1860. — FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 4, '69. — FROM THE NEW YORK CHRISTIAN UNION, JAN. 8, 1870. — FROM THE PHILA. EVENING TELEGRAPH, OCT. 6, 1869. — FROM THE INDEPENDENT, NEW YORK, NOV. 11, 1869. — FROM REV. HENRY CLAY TRUMBULL, — FROM THE REV. W. H. H. MURRAY,

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